Solve Vertical Subtraction: 76 minus 57 Step-by-Step

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Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:03 Each time we calculate subtraction of 2 digits, and then we substitute

00:06 6 is less than 7

00:09 Therefore we subtract 1 from the tens, and add this sum to the ones

00:14 Meaning now instead of 6 we will have 16

00:17 Subtract the ones from the ones plus ten

00:20 Substitute in the ones place

00:24 Subtract tens from tens, and substitute in the tens place

00:28 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this vertical subtraction problem $76 - 57$ , let's go through the steps:

Step 1: Align the numbers by place value.
The problem is set up vertically as follows: $\begin{aligned} & 76 \\ - & 57 \\ \end{aligned}$
Step 2: Start with the units digit.
From the 6 in the units place of 76, subtract the 7 in the units place of 57:
Since 6 is less than 7, we need to borrow 1 ten from the tens place of 76.
The tens digit of 76 changes from 7 to 6 (since we borrowed one ten), and the units digit becomes 16.
Step 3: Subtract the units digit.
Subtract 7 from 16, resulting in 9.
This is written in the units place of the answer.
Step 4: Subtract the tens digit.
In the tens column, subtract 5 (from 57) from 6 (the new tens of 76 after borrowing), resulting in 1.

The final calculation looks like this:

\begin{aligned} & 76 \\ - & 57 \\ \hline & 19 \\ \end{aligned}

Therefore, the result of the subtraction is $19$ .